Nettlefold Studios

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Nettlefold Studios were located in what is now Hepworth Way, Walton-on-Thames. Cecil Hepworth began production there in 1899, but the name derives from the subsequent owner, Archibald Nettlefold, who rebuilt the studios on the original site. The decline of the British film industry brought about closure in 1961.

Early Michael Powell films, notably Hotel Splendide, were produced at the studios as were 143 episodes of the television series The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955 - 59). The studio's most famous film, however, may be 1951's Scrooge, with Alistair Sim, and which was released as A Christmas Carol in the U.S.